ohio blues???

in what body of water besides the ohio river is there any blue catfish ive heard that the stock them in some ohio lakes the lakes i keep hearing they stock them in is alum creek and indian lake if some one can answer this post id really appreciate it

What defenitely isnt true is when folks say things like " went to hoover tonight caught 4 channels and 2 blues"
In these central ohio resorvours, I dont buy they are caught that regularely.
Wish there were more around central ohio

Reasons to stock a river: 1.) The adults are being harvested before they can spawn. 2.) Spawning habitat has been destroyed. (Usually by Dams or dredging) 4.) Fish spawn but the young don't have the habitat they need to grow up (same dams or dredgilng) 4.) Politics. Placating voters.

Reasons to stock a river: 1.) The adults are being harvested before they can spawn. 2.) Spawning habitat has been destroyed. (Usually by Dams or dredging) 4.) Fish spawn but the young don't have the habitat they need to grow up (same dams or dredgilng) 4.) Politics. Placating voters.

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I'm not knocking them stocking, but it is just a bandaid. Maybe they could improve the spawning habitat or the habitat for the young. I don't want them to stop fishing but if there are too many harvested before spawning, put a more strict length and catch limit. I want my kids and their kids to be able to hunt and fish as I have and as my dad and grandparents have. They don't stock deer when man kills to many off through hunting and agricultural causes, so why are fish diferent.

Why are we stocking 80,000 rainbow trout when they all die off because of the heat and being caught. Plus they stock muskie and they are not and have not been natural in ohio since before 1950. I know the desire to catch these fish and the part they provide in the food shain, but it isn't adressing the problem. HABITAT

Maybe if they spent the money they spend on stocking on habitat restoration, then in a decade or two the problem would be solved. They do it with crp land, how bout they do something for fisherman to.